A 54-year-old man is dead after being struck by a car while sitting on a park bench in Kaitaia.
The man was sitting on a bench outside the Central Dairy in Commerce St, when he was struck by a car about 1am on Thursday morning.
A local business said cordons were up and police were still at the scene when they arrived at work at 7am.
A 20-year-old man's been arrested and will appear in court this afternoon charged with driving with excess breath alcohol causing death.
Newshub.